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Salcha Alaska Map

Explore Salcha, Alaska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Salcha, Alaska

How to Use This Salcha, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salcha, Alaska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alaska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Salcha.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Salcha
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Fairbanks North Star
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	64.534103
Longitude	-146.88362
Population	977
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99714
Area Code	907
School District	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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About Salcha, Alaska

Salcha is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 977. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Salcha is located at 64.5341°N, 146.8836°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99714.

Salcha emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of the interior, defined by the quiet tension between the immense sky and the dense, dark thickets of the boreal forest. It lies 22.1 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 138°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-southeast of Eielson AFB. The horizon remains stubbornly low, broken only by the distant, serrated edge of the Alaska Range, which holds the light of a fading afternoon in a bruised, violet haze. Nearby, the Salcha River cuts a sinuous path through the sediment, its waters holding a cold, glacial clarity that reflects the sparse, subarctic light. Beyond the immediate reach of the clearing, the Tanana Valley State Forest stretches out in a vast, tangled architecture of spruce and birch, a wilderness that swallows sound and humbles the scale of any human dwelling.

Salcha carries the quiet weight of a place defined by its distance from the noise of the world, where the economy is tethered to the seasonal pulse of the land and the endurance required to survive the long, frozen months. Residents often navigate toward the recreational reprieve of Harding Lake, where the water serves as a glassy mirror for the shifting clouds during the brief, frantic warmth of summer. History here is written in the tracks of those who moved through the interior, leaving behind a culture of self-reliance that values the steady hum of a generator or the sharp scent of woodsmoke over the frantic pace of larger centers. Life in Salcha moves with a deliberate, singular rhythm, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the profound, heavy silence that settles over the frozen earth when the light finally retreats.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 159° S
Airmen's Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 330° NW
POW-MIA Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 330° NW
Heritage Park/Global Engagement (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 329° NW
Silver Fox Lodge (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 178° S
Lady of the Lake B-29 Superfortress (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 328° NW
Newby Park (Local Park) — 18.4 mi, 321° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 20.4 mi, 317° NW
Chena River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 014° N
Paws For Adventure (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 325° NW
Broken Mammoth site (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 129° SE
Swan Point (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 126° SE
Fairbanks Office Wildlife (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.1 mi, 311° NW · 2 acres
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 311° NW
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 311° NW
Moose Antler Arch (Attraction) — 32.7 mi, 312° NW
Creamer's Field (State Conservation Area) — 32.8 mi, 314° NW
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 311° NW
Denali Backroads (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 312° NW
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 34.2 mi, 313° NW
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 308° NW
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.3 mi, 318° NW
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 58.0 mi, 354° N · 77k acres
Birch Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 60.9 mi, 032° NE · 69k acres
Steese National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 63.2 mi, 010° N · 1.2M acres
Mount Prindle (Snca) Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 64.4 mi, 010° N
Mount Prindle (Wmnra) Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 64.5 mi, 010° N
Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 65.7 mi, 273° W

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